COLJI-Crim. F:56.5

“Coercing” means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting,

if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following

means:

[the use or threat of the use of force against, abduction of, causing of

serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person]

[the use of a plan, pattern, or statement for the purpose of causing the

person to believe that failure to perform the act or failure to refrain

from performing the act will result in the use of force against,

abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of that

person or another person]

[using or threatening to use the law or the legal process, whether

administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose

for which the law was not designed]

[threatening to notify law enforcement officials that a person is

present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws]

[the destruction or taking, or a threat to destroy or take, a person’s

identification document or other property]

[controlling or threatening to control a person’s access to a controlled

substance]

[the use of debt bondage]

[the exploitation of a person’s physical or mental impairment, where

such impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the person’s

cognitive or volitional functions].